Liverpool's 2025-26 — what the fanbase actually said MW1 → MW35

A season-long fan-discourse intelligence report — Reddit, X/Twitter and YouTube comments mined across 35 Liverpool fixtures, scored at sentence level for sentiment, entity attribution and Fan Approval Rating (fAr: 0–10, where Crisis < 2 < Under Fire < 4 < Mixed < 6 < Favoured < 8 < Hero). Manager pressure analysis runs through the same sacking-tracker analyzer used by the rest of this dashboard. Allegiance tagging began at MW10; pre-MW10 fixtures are included for entity-level fAr but excluded from LIV-fan-voice metrics.

4.17

Season fAr

Mixed

92%

Slot Pressure Index

DANGER risk

Sad about Salah

vs 7% glad to see him go

74%

Slot sacking probability

confidence: high

Liverpool's season — the AI take

Three short reads from a Claude-generated executive summary, anchored in the season's fAr, the Slot pressure trajectory and the named-player flashpoints.

State of play

Liverpool's fanbase is in open crisis at 4.172 fAr, with Slot facing a 74.2% sacking probability and dominating 87% of discourse as an explicit "out" call. The mood isn't frustration with tactics or results alone — it's a fundamental loss of faith in the manager to arrest a season that has produced a sequence of collapses (MW30 collapse, MW32 toothless draw) punctuated by hollow wins like the MW33 derby header, which sparked defensive debate rather than relief.

What to cover

The unmissable angle is Slot's final weeks — not whether he'll survive to next season, but how the fanbase will process his exit or unlikely survival given the 92.0 Pressure Index. Secondary must-cover: Salah's departure is landing as near-silent (only 7% grief-to-gratitude signal, 7% relief-to-scorn), suggesting fans are too numb about the exit to engage; Robertson's exit is fractionally warmer at 12% sad-to-see-go, but both confirmed departures are being crowded out by the Slot emergency — creators should ask why these legendary exits aren't the story.

Looking ahead

The summer window will expose fanbase fractures: targets like Wharton, Anderson, and Summerville signal desire for creative midfield surgery, but Giovanni Leoni (4.893 fAr, WATCH) and Florian Wirtz (4.818 fAr, KEEP) are the only players approaching favoured status, meaning recruitment credibility is the real test. Curtis Jones and Gravenberch's Under Fire verdicts (3.95 and 3.943 fAr respectively) will become the first accountability flash-point — watch whether fans demand their exit or demand they be backed, as that answer determines whether the next manager inherits a reset squad or a mutinous one.

The Slot question — pressure & sacking probability

Computed via the same 5-component formula used by the rest of the dashboard's sacking tracker. Pressure Index = combined explicit "out" signals + sentiment-negativity ratio with an agreement boost. Sacking Probability = weighted sum of fAr, trend, signal, sentiment and volume scores. Risk band: safe / watch / pressure / danger / critical.

Pressure Index
92%

Confidence: high

fAr score

How low Slot's entity-level fAr sits across the season (lower → higher pressure)

40/100

Trend

Slope of Slot fAr across the season (declining → higher pressure)

62/100

Explicit "out" signal

Share of named-signal posts where the keyword leans "out" vs "in"

87/100

Sentiment negativity

Share of Slot-mentioning posts in the Crisis / Under-Fire band

88/100

Volume confidence

Discourse volume across the season (caps the confidence)

100/100

Primary factors

Explicit "out" calls dominate (87% of named-signal posts)
High share of Crisis / Under-Fire posts (88%)

Slot fAr per matchweek

Slot's per-fixture fAr score across the season. Color bands mark the official fAr labels (Crisis · Under Fire · Mixed · Favoured · Hero). Lower = more critical fan voice. Hover for fixture context.

"In Arne we trust" voices

LIV-allegiance posts where Slot's entity-level fAr sat at Hero / Favoured. Sorted by highest fAr.

MW14fAr 10.0What a massive goal from Florian writz he was a player of the match and all players were brilliant today what a super defending from chiesa I personally like our team Liverpool so much our great manager Arne slot has rotated the squared I personally like him so much
MW14fAr 9.9100% throw in if that defender legs not touch the ball. Lucky slot, please extend so he become next fergie 😂
MW17fAr 9.9Slot is so great. I really can't wait to see what he has the team do week to week.....
MW21fAr 9.9Fair points from Sturridge. It’s a season of change. We need to back Slot and give him next year
MW14fAr 9.9Arne I will thankyou forever for winning us the prem but you need to get out of this style of zero intensity and slow play
MW20fAr 9.9I love my team Liverpool FC and our manager Arne slot he is a brilliant coach of the month he is making our team proud can't wait for arsernal
MW21fAr 9.9Liverpool are the only team that stop arsenal from winning I deligently love our coach Arne slot with all my heart and soul
MW10fAr 9.9We were unlucky against Manu, Palace and Chelsea. Well done Arne Slot and team 👍😊
MW10fAr 9.9All players were brilliant today the way they played 7points behind arsernal to say the truth Liverpool is still the biggest team so far l personally love my team Liverpool FC even the goal keeping was excellent mo Salah and Granbrech they were producing the goals that has occured against Aston villa Arne slot is the best manager to our club Liverpool fc
MW16fAr 9.9Guess i love slot more that how he let salah have a chance more and salah play better than before he passes more than shoots so please don't leave red too fast 😢

"Slot out" voices

LIV-allegiance posts where Slot's entity-level fAr was Crisis / Under Fire. Sorted by lowest fAr.

MW11fAr 0.0How badly does salah have to play before slot drops him? Does nothing off the ball and he's become a liability on the ball. Slot cost Liverpool the game today, again.
MW11fAr 0.0All i can say is, Slot is Dumb, always defend himself by saying their opponent is better then them, it means You Are No Good, so pack your bag and get Out from Anfield.
MW11fAr 0.0Slot is stupid arrogant and stubborn in prefering Salah and continuesly snubbing chiesa
MW10fAr 0.0Holy U turn “SLOT IS A BALD FRAUD” *literally the next day* “TEN MORE YEARSSS!!!”
MW11fAr 0.0Problem with konate week in week out is, he wants out! No talk about a contract renewal, he will do a trent! Slot should of foreseen that with salah not tracking back city would exploit it! Bad homework by slot!
MW11fAr 0.0Liverpool are missing Nunez and Diaz running and energy. People say Nunez missed too many chances, we haven't been creating chances to miss!!!! No pace up front, Ekitike drops too deep to collect the ball allowing opposition defence to push up. Get Nunez on loan in Jan :). Nunez..Nunez..Nunez never appreciated by Slot
MW11fAr 0.0All that money spent and your not getting anything 💰💰💰💰 Loserpool should sack slot
MW11fAr 0.0Exactly, sold work horse Mane' and least they could have gotten 2-3 years off him, Slot should go.
MW10fAr 0.1Until Liverpool win and be at the top. I will not believe SLOT and these players again.
MW10fAr 0.1Slot should not tamper with the squad again bringing in his guys that crave attention n do trush😢

Liverpool squad ranked — keep, back, watch, replace, drop

Every senior Liverpool squad member, ranked best-to-worst by a combined score. The score is the player's volume-weighted season fAr (Fan Approval Rating) blended with how much fans use "keep / extend" vs. "sell / get rid / needs to go" language about him — intent shifts the score by up to ±2.5 fAr points. The five verdicts:

KEEP — score ≥ 6.0, fans clearly want him to stay
BACK — 5.0–6.0, fans lean keep
WATCH — 4.0–5.0, genuinely mixed
REPLACE — 3.0–4.0, fans want him upgraded
DROP — <3.0, fans want him gone

#	Player	fAr	Intent lean	Verdict
01	Hugo EkitikéAttacker	4.73 Mixed	⬆ 81% · ⬇ 19%	KEEP fans want him kept shifted by intent
02	Alexander IsakAttacker	4.62 Mixed	⬆ 81% · ⬇ 19%	KEEP fans want him kept shifted by intent
03	Florian WirtzMidfielder	4.82 Mixed	⬆ 76% · ⬇ 24%	KEEP fans want him kept shifted by intent
04	Dominik SzoboszlaiMidfielder	4.76 Mixed	⬆ 74% · ⬇ 26%	BACK fans lean keep shifted by intent
05	Jeremie FrimpongDefender	4.51 Mixed	⬆ 73% · ⬇ 27%	BACK fans lean keep shifted by intent
06	Joe GomezDefender	4.37 Mixed	⬆ 70% · ⬇ 30%	BACK fans lean keep shifted by intent
07	Milos KerkezDefender	4.62 Mixed	⬆ 64% · ⬇ 36%	BACK fans lean keep shifted by intent
08	Ryan GravenberchMidfielder	3.94 Under Fire	⬆ 72% · ⬇ 28%	BACK fans lean keep shifted by intent
09	Giovanni LeoniDefender	4.89 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
10	Giorgi MamardashviliGoalkeeper	4.18 Mixed	⬆ 67% · ⬇ 33%	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr + intent agree
11	Freddie WoodmanGoalkeeper	4.77 Mixed	⬆ 50% · ⬇ 50%	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr + intent agree
12	Conor BradleyDefender	4.35 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
13	Rhys WilliamsDefender	4.48 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
14	Ármin PécsiGoalkeeper	4.41 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
15	Amara NalloDefender	4.40 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
16	Trey NyoniMidfielder	4.31 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
17	Curtis JonesMidfielder	3.95 Under Fire	⬆ 60% · ⬇ 40%	WATCH genuinely mixed shifted by intent
18	AlissonGoalkeeper	4.35 Mixed	⬆ 47% · ⬇ 53%	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr + intent agree
19	Ibrahima KonatéDefender	4.11 Mixed	⬆ 51% · ⬇ 49%	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr + intent agree
20	Cody GakpoAttacker	4.12 Mixed	⬆ 50% · ⬇ 50%	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr + intent agree
21	Andrew RobertsonDefender	4.53 Mixed	⬆ 41% · ⬇ 59%	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr + intent agree
22	Wellity LuckyDefender	4.08 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
23	Calvin RamsayDefender	4.08 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
24	Rio NgumohaAttacker	4.38 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
25	Kieran MorrisonAttacker	4.05 Mixed	low intent volume	WATCH genuinely mixed fAr only
26	Federico ChiesaAttacker	4.62 Mixed	⬆ 36% · ⬇ 64%	REPLACE fans want him upgraded shifted by intent
27	Kaide GordonAttacker	4.41 Mixed	low intent volume	REPLACE fans want him upgraded fAr only
28	Wataru EndoMidfielder	4.60 Mixed	⬆ 20% · ⬇ 80%	REPLACE fans want him upgraded shifted by intent
29	Virgil van DijkDefender	4.06 Mixed	⬆ 32% · ⬇ 68%	REPLACE fans want him upgraded shifted by intent
30	Mohamed SalahAttacker	4.32 Mixed	⬆ 25% · ⬇ 75%	REPLACE fans want him upgraded shifted by intent
31	Alexis Mac AllisterMidfielder	4.14 Mixed	⬆ 28% · ⬇ 72%	REPLACE fans want him upgraded shifted by intent

Other LIV-tagged squad / academy players appearing in too few fan posts to rank: Carter Pinnington, Harvey Davies, Jayden Danns, Keyrol Figueroa, Michael Laffey, Stefan Bajcetic, Tommy Pilling, Trent Kone Doherty, Jarell Quansah, Darwin Núñez.

Top fAr by position

Best-loved player at each position group, by season fAr.

🧤 Goalkeepers

01Freddie Woodman4.77
02Ármin Pécsi4.41
03Alisson4.35
04Giorgi Mamardashvili4.18

🛡️ Defenders

01Giovanni Leoni4.89
02Milos Kerkez4.62
03Andrew Robertson4.53
04Jeremie Frimpong4.51
05Rhys Williams4.48

⚙️ Midfielders

01Florian Wirtz4.82
02Dominik Szoboszlai4.76
03Wataru Endo4.60
04Trey Nyoni4.31
05Alexis Mac Allister4.14

⚡ Attackers

01Hugo Ekitiké4.73
02Federico Chiesa4.62
03Alexander Isak4.62
04Kaide Gordon4.41
05Rio Ngumoha4.38

Summer window — who LIV fans want to sign

Buy-intent ("sign", "bring in", "linked with", or "we need" / "we want" within ~18 chars of the player's name) from Liverpool-allegiance authors only, attributed only to players the tagger flags as not on the current Liverpool squad at post time. Names already on the Liverpool squad by post time (Wirtz, Frimpong, Kerkez, Ekitike, Isak) are correctly excluded. Tagger collisions (Dom-as-Szoboszlai, Edwards-as-sporting-director), metaphor targets (Milner / Henderson as "we need a leader figure"), and names that have since left their tagged club for non-Liverpool destinations (Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guéhi both joined Man City in the January 2026 window) are filtered out at source. The bar is share of all LIV-fan buy-intent in this slice.

#	Target	Tagged team	Share
01	Adam Wharton	CRY	25%
02	Elliot Anderson	NFO	21%
03	Murillo	NFO	14%
04	Crysencio Summerville	WHU	14%
05	Angel Gomes	WOL	11%
06	Xavi Espart	TOT	7%
07	João Gomes	WOL	7%

Salah's exit — happy or sad?

Mohamed Salah's exit is confirmed — the open question for the fanbase is no longer "is he leaving?" but "how do we feel about it?". We classify each LIV-allegiance post that frames his departure by whether it uses glad-to-see-him-go language (relief, "good riddance", "take the Saudi money") or sad-to-see-him-go language (grief, "legend", "thanks for the memories", ❤ 🐐 💔). Posts that don't commit either way are bucketed as mixed / matter-of-fact — that bucket can be the loudest signal of all. Reaction is muted, not loud — relief and grief land within a percentage point of each other and the bulk of the discourse is matter-of-fact acceptance, not strong feeling either way.

How Salah-departure posts feel about the exit

GLAD 7% MIXED 85% SAD 7%

Glad / relief: good riddance · take the Saudi money · won't miss · finally · cash in · scammed us · move on Sad / grief: miss him · legend · GOAT · thanks for the memories · end of an era · ❤ 🐐 💔 · heartbroken · what a player

Glad to see him go

LIV-allegiance fan posts framing Salah's exit as relief, scorn or "time to move on".

MW23As long as Salah and slot don’t leave the club games like this will happen more often Salah is already past his time at epl he should just go chill in Saudi and slot is just clueless
MW25His stock is falling, would be silly not to cash in now. Last thing Salah can do for the club is take a bag and give Liverpool a large bag too
MW26Hope Salah can find some last form and end on a bit of a high and that we got some cash in the summer and he leaves like the legend he is
MW23Can we even get Saudi's money for Salah at this point? He looks beyond washed.
MW29Flog Salah to Saudi in summer for £50/60m in summer and be done with it
MW28Salah is so washed. Time to ship his ass to Saudi this summer.

Sad he's leaving

LIV-allegiance fan posts framing Salah's exit as grief, loss or gratitude.

MW32Excellent first half. Bit of a drop off but saw the game out. Rio deserves to start against PSG. Need a starting left winger over him and Gakpo though. Salah had a really good game. Should have got some minutes against psg. Don't think he's finished and could have stayed another year Sad that it's coming to the end of Salah and Robertson.
MW14Get him out boys, this type of football we’re watching week in week out is fucking miserable and it’s not gonna change anytime soon. He hasn’t a clue and I don’t know if he had a clue last season, Salah literally carried the team on his back for the league. My head is gone, hurts to watch these lot.
MW29This is just the end of my patience, Ive trusted Slot every loss but now it's enough. This is not Liverpool. Salah tried to save us but then Slot takes out all the defensive line leaving... gomez and van dijk alone. This is enough honestly
MW14Yeah absolutely and tbf I think any manager couldndo a better job. Just stick to basics and players strengths. Salah is washed though, love him but it may be time to consider a Saudi payout for him.
MW23Salah needs to go to Saudi; he's been amazing for us in the past and is a club legend of course but it's time to go. Too many high salaried players not performing!
MW15We collapse as soon something goes against us. Benching Salah and still not getting an effect will be the end of Slot. All morale is GONE
MW34Still can’t believe that Trent, Salah and Robbo all going or is gone an we didn’t get a single pound from them

Robbo's exit — happy or sad?

Andy Robertson's exit is confirmed and Milos Kerkez is already through the door at left-back. Same classifier as Salah — glad / relief language vs. sad / grief language, measured across LIV-allegiance posts that explicitly reference his departure. The unphrased middle is "matter-of-fact": fans accepting it without strong feeling either way. Reaction skews quietly sad — grief outpaces relief by 12 percentage points, but most of the discourse sits in matter-of-fact acceptance rather than strong emotion.

How Robbo-departure posts feel about the exit

GLAD 0% MIXED 88% SAD 12%

Glad to see him go

LIV-allegiance fan posts framing Robbo's exit as relief, scorn or "time to move on".

No LIV-allegiance posts surfaced in this bucket — either the signal didn't fire or the volume sits below display threshold.

Sad he's leaving

LIV-allegiance fan posts framing Robbo's exit as grief, loss or gratitude.

MW34thank you freddie woodman and robbo and isak Jones playing so much more conventional today, last game at RB he was splitting the CBs often and often dictating the match
MW34Still can’t believe that Trent, Salah and Robbo all going or is gone an we didn’t get a single pound from them
MW34Frimpong was a pest on the right too, also fucking robbo I can’t believe he’s leaving
MW32Robbo is a king of a man. Hate the thought that he's leaving.

The season's biggest fan-told stories

Top clusters from across all 35 fixtures, ranked by a blend of size, momentum, controversy and "emerging" flag. Titles & summaries are auto-generated by the upstream Claude pass on each fixture's narratives.json. Aspect tag tells you what the cluster is about.

MW33 Team performance emergingcontroversial

Liverpool Snatch Late Derby Win Over Everton

Fans are dissecting a dramatic Merseyside Derby that saw Liverpool edge Everton 2-1 with a 90+10 minute Van Dijk header, sparking predictable mockery of Everton's late collapse while Liverpool supporters argue their team performed poorly yet got the job done when it mattered most. The conversation is split…

Named: everton · win · players · Slot

"Everton fans live with excuses for failure....fckin embarrassing reading their comments on here! 😅😅😅"

MW32 Team performance emergingcontroversial

Liverpool Fans Divided After Toothless Draw Against Fulham

Liverpool supporters are frustrated by another lacklustre performance despite the scoreline staying goalless, with many questioning whether the team can build momentum heading into crucial midweek fixtures. The neutral sentiment reflects a fanbase torn between cautious optimism about opportunities ahead and deep…

Named: Andrew Robertson · Joe Gomez · Virgil van Dijk · Ibrahima Konaté

"We need a big win now"

MW30 Team performance emergingcontroversial

Liverpool Fans Demand Arne Slot's Head After Collapse

Liverpool supporters are furious after surrendering a 1-0 lead and conceding a last-minute goal, with many blaming manager Arne Slot for passive tactics and demanding his sacking, especially with a crucial Champions League match looming on Wednesday. The fanbase is split between those calling the performance…

Named: Slot · Gakpo · ucl · lose

"Conceding a last-minute goal is not the problem. The opposition can score too. The problem is that LFC were not more than 1 goal to the good...they sat on a measly 1 goal lead. This is on the manager. He must go. UCL exit on Wednesday? Then that's it - Slot out."

MW23 Team performance emergingcontroversial

6th Place

Highly controversial discussion involving place with dominant neutral. Polarized opinions with 32% positive and 36% negative sentiment.

Named: place

"Now we have to win our next two home games"

MW29 Team performance emergingcontroversial

Fans React to Unexpected Defeat and Seek Revenge

Football supporters are processing a disappointing loss to a lower-ranked team, with many expressing frustration at the result whilst simultaneously finding consolation in an upcoming rematch on Friday. The discussion reflects a mix of resignation, determination for revenge, and hope that future matches will provide…

Named: win · Alisson · Giorgi Mamardashvili

"anyone can win"

MW35 Team performance emergingcontroversial

Carrick Divides United Fans After Dramatic Comeback Win

Manchester United supporters are fiercely debating Michael Carrick's managerial approach following the 3-2 victory over Liverpool, with some defending his tactical pragmatism and player management as salvaging a season in crisis, whilst others remain unconvinced he can deliver the possession-based football needed…

Named: carrick · Carrick · united · game

"What I can say is this not like ole at all , Carrick played this style of play at Middlesbrough with akpom,Rodgers and Hackney who could carry the team , and they played playoffs to go in premier league they had no quality , now it’s working because of the difference of quality…"

MW31 Team performance emergingcontroversial

Liverpool's Form Questioned Amid Rival Banter

Fans are debating whether Liverpool are genuinely superior to Chelsea and other rivals, with supporters pointing to inconsistent performances like the 2-1 defeat to Wolves to challenge claims of dominance. The discussion devolves into typical cross-club rivalry banter, with supporters from competing teams winding each…

Named: liverpool · chelsea

"@robothero425 but liverpool arnt Chelsea we are miles better than Chelsea"

MW29 Team performance emergingcontroversial

Divided Fan Reactions to Manager and Performance

Fans are expressing mixed and largely sarcastic reactions to the team's recent performance and management decisions, with some defending the current manager Slot whilst others criticise the team's choices in a heated discussion. The conversation lacks clear consensus, with posts ranging from praise to…

Named: Fsg

"Tolu lol"

MW30 Team performance controversial

Spurs Draw Sparks Mixed Relief and Frustration

Tottenham fans are divided over whether their draw was a deserved result, with some arguing they matched their opponents whilst others remain exasperated with the club's ownership and squad depth. The discussion reveals cautious optimism about key players keeping them up and beating Madrid, but underlying…

Named: Enic · point · celebrating · ole

"@Jumbo76193But spurs are worse"

MW32 Players emergingcontroversial

Liverpool Fans Demand Gakpo Benching After Fulham Stalemate

Liverpool supporters are expressing frustration with Cody Gakpo's performance and continued selection, with many calling for him to be dropped or even sold, whilst questioning manager Arne Slot's tactical decisions in deploying him as a striker. The criticism suggests fans believe Gakpo's poor…

Named: Mohamed Salah · Cody Gakpo · Alexander Isak · Federico Chiesa

"Salah didn’t play this week against PSG, goal against Fulham, Ekitike didn’t play against Fulham, Next week goal against PSG?"

MW30 Team performance emergingcontroversial

Liverpool's Dramatic Collapse Sparks Brutal Fan Backlash

Fans are tearing into Liverpool's recent performance, with posts suggesting the team has crumbled into mediocrity—some even joking that bringing Salah on made things worse. The negativity spans everything from competitive frustration to broader criticism that Liverpool have become just another ordinary Premier…

Named: liverpool · fans · players · miserable

"At Salford lol"

MW33 Players emergingcontroversial

Fans Divided Over Curtis Jones Performance

Liverpool supporters are sharply split on Curtis Jones's display in the 1-2 defeat to Everton, with some praising his work rate and defensive contributions whilst others felt he had a rough outing, creating debate about whether his performance warranted the scrutiny it received. The mixed verdict reflects the…

Named: Alexis Mac Allister · Dominik Szoboszlai · Curtis Jones · Ryan Gravenberch

"Curtis battled like a warrior today. Especially out of position and with a shoddy Konate next to him. Incredible performance."

What LIV discourse was about

Share of the season's clustered discourse by aspect — the upstream narrator labels every cluster as one of team_overall, player_performance, referee_decisions, tactics or match_events. The bar shows what proportion of clustered fan posts each aspect commanded.

Team performance42.5%

Players12.3%

Refs & VAR12.7%

Tactics0.9%

Match events31.6%

Top key-phrases per aspect

Refs & VAR

a foul not a the ball in the the game the ref a penalty a yellow was offside macca is on the this ref mac allister var is

Team performance

in the this season of the the game slot out on the slot is we are the ball last season slot has liverpool are the season the players

Match events

in the the ball a goal what a salah is the game this season on the salah has of the gakpo is wirtz is red card van dijk

Players

the ball in the on the this is the game this season gakpo is of the konate is he was curtis jones wirtz is and gakpo kerkez is

Tactics

in the we are slot out to press press is our press our midfield midfield is our midfield is on the the ball arne slot we have grav and

Hidden narratives — what got missed

Recurring undercurrents in the discourse that the headline clusters don't surface. Minority viewpoints are dissents within otherwise-dominant narratives; cross-cutting entities recur across multiple fixtures' clusters.

Minority viewpoints

MW3420% minority · negative

Unknown

I'm unable to complete this request as written. The issue is that you've provided match data (Liverpool 0-0 Crystal Palace, final score 3-1 with goals from Isak, Robertson, Muñoz, and Wirtz) that app

MW1320% minority · positive

Match Events - Cody Gakpo (High Neutral)

Gakpo so underrated😢❤

MW2720% minority · positive

Team Performance - In The (High Neutral)

I’m glad Liverpool won, but let’s not kid ourselves, forest were the better side.

MW2820% minority · positive

Unknown

I appreciate you wanting me to help analyse this, but I'm unable to complete the task as requested. You've indicated this is a minority perspective on an unknown topic, but haven't provided the actual

MW1220% minority · positive

Player Performance - Gakpo Is (High Neutral)

Living fanherould there, was good play by Hakpo though, much as I hate to admit it

MW1320% minority · negative

Player Performance - Joe Gomez (High Neutral)

I love Liverpool but cmon it’s west ham united they are not good at all this year sooooo……. But yes like everybody else is saying Joe Gomez is the man and should be on the pitch more often

Cross-cutting entities

cross-cutting8 fixtures

Alexis Mac Allister

cross-cutting12 fixtures

game

cross-cutting7 fixtures

Andrew Robertson

cross-cutting7 fixtures

Joe Gomez

cross-cutting6 fixtures

Dominik Szoboszlai

cross-cutting5 fixtures

Virgil van Dijk

What pundits did to the conversation

LIV-allegiance fan posts that name a famous pundit (Carragher, Neville, Henry, Souness, Wright, Redknapp, Merson, Richards, Rooney, Ferdinand…). Surfaced when the pundit's name appears alongside strong fan-sentiment, dipping into how fans reacted to (or pre-empted) televised takes.

"That was brilliant from Ekitike, can see the comparisons with Henry, that was Henryesque"

— LIV fan, MW24 · invokes Henry

"Saw that last goal as soon as the corner was taken. P.s. Garry Neville is absolutely loving this game."

— LIV fan, MW11 · invokes Neville

"I genuinely can't stand listening to Gary Neville. Just ridiculously awful commentary"

— LIV fan, MW11 · invokes Gary Neville

"All of Neville's comments have been pro-City so far. Why the fuck do we need to listen to this prick every fucking time."

— LIV fan, MW25 · invokes Neville

"Gary Neville’s such a smug arsehole I wish they would stop putting him on our games"

— LIV fan, MW11 · invokes Gary Neville

"Absolute fucking nonsense. I don't even want to watch the game anymore, this is such an unfair decision. When even Neville is saying it's a terrible call, you know it's fixed. They want another Arsenal vs City title race, fuck this shit."

— LIV fan, MW11 · invokes Neville

"Can they stop putting fucking Neville on commentary for our games, can’t stand the prick."

— LIV fan, MW25 · invokes Neville

"Carra has been winding me up all match. He’s being such a total prick. He’s starting to found like Macca who’s one of my most hated pundits."

— LIV fan, MW14 · invokes Carra

"Carra saying we've been "awful". What a load of bollocks. Not perfect but not bad at all."

— LIV fan, MW14 · invokes Carra

"Shocking performance. Football Liverpool are playing is worse than the Hodgson era. At least the Hodgson Team had passion and commitment. The team lacked quality besides Gerrard and Carragher, but players played for shirts. "

— LIV fan, MW30 · invokes Carragher

"Carra needs taking off our games man, he just can't be impartial at all. Sounds like that annoying bloke down the boozer that's just negative about everything"

— LIV fan, MW14 · invokes Carra

"[Arsenal] The level of Gary Neville and a few others punditry is SO poor... All they do is show you the window into their biased views Liverpool have been through a lot of changes and even the sad loss of Jota must have an affect on their season These commentators NEED to look at the bigger picture instead of giving us this disappointing lazy punditry"

— LIV fan, MW21 · invokes Gary Neville

Toxicity per matchweek

Share of LIV-allegiance posts flagged toxic by the upstream classifier, per fixture. Hotter cells = more aggressive fan posts. Tracks closely with Slot fAr troughs.

MW1

—

MW2

—

MW3

—

MW4

—

MW5

—

MW6

—

MW7

—

MW8

—

MW9

—

MW10

—

MW11

18.6%

MW12

13.8%

MW13

12.9%

MW14

15.5%

MW15

16.1%

MW16

—

MW17

18.1%

MW18

—

MW19

6.7%

MW20

7.2%

MW21

1.8%

MW22

8.0%

MW23

15.5%

MW24

15.1%

MW25

17.8%

MW26

13.5%

MW27

15.7%

MW28

10.4%

MW29

15.2%

MW30

15.9%

MW31

13.1%

MW32

8.4%

MW33

14.4%

MW34

13.6%

MW35

14.1%

Read of the season

The standout posts the upstream best-posts classifier surfaced from every fixture — long-form match reads, sharp tactical analysis, and the occasional bit of humour. Click an author to follow the link to source where available.

MW29 🧠 Tactical

I grew up in the West Midlands and my Mom and Dad were fanatic Wolves fans - starting in the 1950's before my brother and I were born. They were season ticket holders, went to every single home game and many away games too. They attended all of the 'floodlit' matches - where Wolves beat the likes of Real Madrid and Honved [the "Mighty Magyars"] which were essentially the Hungarian national team and featured greats like Puskas, Kocsis and Hidegkuti. [still have the programmes!] One Christmas, Mom and Dad bought us the complete famous 'Old Gold' Wolves…

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MW27 🧠 Tactical

The performance this season has been nothing short of pathetic. This team is becoming an embarrassment to Liverpool Football Club. With the level of talent in the squad, there is absolutely no excuse for failing to perform consistently week after week. It’s beyond frustrating. After spending a huge amount of money in the summer, to now find ourselves battling with Manchester United just for fourth place shows how far we’ve fallen. That simply isn’t the standard expected of this club. I actually feel sorry for Forest — that was one of the biggest robberies in Premier League history.…

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MW25 🧠 Tactical

Haaland not on the bench, but he should have been. He has never scored at Anfield and with the timing of how poor his form has been, he may never get a goal at Anfield at this rate. I hope I'm wrong. It is the final stadium in which he needs a goal in I think. I can't see city winning, I'm not even a city fan, but I just wanna see Haaland do well in the Premier League and rediscover his early season goalscoring form. I did see it coming though. Because his first season he had a drop off. Otherwise, he would have been well over 40 league goals. The response to my comments were…

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MW10 🧠 Tactical

I don't believe in arne game but klopp style of play, for the last 7 games he tried to show us how he want to play with the new players and it didn't work out. But when he started playing with klopps 11 you can see a team with a winning mentality, full control and total dominance. My little advice: even though the players he bought are very good he shouldn't try to play them in a completely different team alltogether but he should give them time to reintegrate into the old team style of play so that we can see their full potential being utilized with time. You don't…

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MW23 🧠 Tactical

VVD, do the right thing, man. What's going on? This is one of the two worst seasons he's had in his legendary Liverpool career. Other than that, he deserves a statue, having been the best. He's not as great anymore. He's not like that anymore. He's not hungry anymore. He's not the same. He's not the best defender in the world anymore, let alone top 10 this season. He's not vintage wine VVD right now. He's more like outdated milk or a milkshake VVD. I still believe in him as a defender, player, and captain leader, but this might be one of his only…

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MW15 🧠 Tactical

I feel Jurgen would have kept better solidarity in our squad. He'd have been right in there supporting (and remotivating) our players after losing Diego in such a tragic way 🕊RIP 🕊..it's clear some of them are very affected by it. Slot won't know the players as well at this stage and he won't have the same bond with them, so we see cracks develop in this way. We've added elite competition for Salah when he's clearly struggling with Diogos death. There is so much pressure on him to remain elite too and show he's still the main man. Him speaking out feels…

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MW22 🧠 Tactical

Arne Slot is not responsible for transfers. He’s not responsible for penalties hitting the bar or players failing to convert clear chances. He’s not responsible for a key striker having his fibula shattered just as he was finding form. And he’s certainly not responsible for the fact that we are in a necessary transitional phase — both in terms of age profile and playing style. What is his responsibility is the team’s structure, intent and coherence — and for long stretches against Burnley, the football was clearly more proactive, varied and determined, despite the disappointing…

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MW11 🧠 Tactical

The analysis in this very video makes the whole situation even more frustrating! infuriating! The Goal That Killed The Game. It is absolutely ridiculous that the mainstream narrative has completely glossed over the fact that a legitimate goal was disallowed at 1-0! This wasn't just a bad decision; it was a momentum killer that fundamentally changed the trajectory of a massive match. The analysis in this clip [07:16] proves, beyond any doubt, that Donnarumma had already committed to his dive before Robertson ducked. The fact that pundits like Carragher have to meticulously prove…

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MW21 🧠 Tactical

@b@b@blackkid128 i don’t and i still know if Saka is actually performing or not without looking to a single metric. I’m trying you to show these only because you have no idea what you are watching. I ALWAYS know if Saka has a good or bad game/half without looking at the stats. There is not a single player that can replicate what he did against Fulham away this season, except maybe Yamal. Just a Messi-esque performance. He is also leader in expected assists but he has a championship level striker (Gyokeres) who can’t positon himself. That’s why he doesn’t have much assists, but he’s clearly…

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MW12 🎯 Match read

We played out of our minds today, 20 minutes in, I was happy with the outcome no matter the score. Seeing the way we were playing as a unit was so very needed. Anderson once again showing incredible positioning, and being everywhere needed to fill those gaps. Neco shutting down Salah from the get-go. Murillo and Milenkovic once again becoming the iron curtain (not to mention Murillo getting a goal!). Jesus constantly making runs, which is exactly something we’ve been needing for a while. Our squad depth really paying off with bringing on Savona and him scoring in the first 30 seconds of the…

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MW12 🧠 Tactical

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MW18 🧠 Tactical

Were 10 points off top spot , we gonna go on a run and collect the points , we not just gonna hand our title over , not a chance Ekitike has a chance now to cement his place and the goals will come , his link up play is Bobby esque imo and with a good push and get the intensity back , we will be in the conversation of champions come April , the years gone by , the ppl that say the title is over make me wonder "were u been the last 40 odd years , titles aren't handed out in January......with a top premier league ready CB we have the personal to move up a gear ....an arm around Rio…

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Captivating talking points

Posts the captivating-content scorer rated highest across the season — fan voices that hit on multiple signals (broadcast-quality phrasing, polarising takes, viral cadence, action verbs) at once.

MW34 LiverpoolFC My commentators were right cunts. Kept going on about how Munoz did nothing wrong, and you play to the whistle, and everybody else would have done the same. When the ball hit him, they went up in arms and talked about bans and fines to the fan as if he had been shot. Fucking idiots.
MW35 reddevils Carra blaming Jota's death for Liverpool form pisses me off. Its disingenuous to keep using his tragic death as an excuse for their poor form.
MW4 Macca has actually been our worst player, Grav has had to pick up his slack, maybe Macca needs slow introduction back, only if we had Jones on the bench. We could put Szobo back in midfield.
MW6 Genuinely have no idea what the hell is wrong with both Kerkez and Bradley. Both have had great passing lanes to feed Salah, Wirtz, cross the ball, but they DO NOTHING! Slot needs to rip them a new one at the half. Allison has SAVED US TODAY
MW8 Slot has got it wrong again tactically. In possession, neither Szobo or Macca are passing options. Both are right next to Isak which is also making very vulnerable to counters.
MW17 LiverpoolFC I swear Macca has gotten the weight wrong on every pass today. Such a weird season for him, it’s like his technique has just gone missing overnight
MW31 LiverpoolFC When Macca moved up a little he’s actually playing better. And grav dropping down back to DM is now also playing better.
MW35 LiverpoolFC Definitely the worst match Macca played in a Liverpool shirt. Seriously what is wrong with him this season?
MW11 youtube Micah Richards acting like spending a lot of money on someone means that there shouldn't be any adjustment period is so disingenuous. Especially from a former footballer. And ESPECIALLY when you're coming in to a team struggling so much defensively.
MW18 soccer I've been following Liverpool more this year and Ekitiké has developed ridiculously well under Slot, I think its disingenuous to separate his current performance from Slot coaching. He had a giant question mark coming from Frankfurt where he was awesome but also had the worst xGi/conversion rate among Bundesliga strikrrs by far.
MW5 And while we conceeded a well constructed goal, we actually didn't give them a sniff in the 10-15 mins after and took control of the ball well. It wasn't like the Newcastle game. We are still figuring out our defensive shape, player movement in different phases. It will click. There is a reason it all clicked well in the midfield in the first half - Dom, Macca, Grav have played 2 full seasons together.
MW5 Wow Macca actually was allowed to play physical and not be called for a foul, a miracle!
MW8 Wrong signings : Kerkez, Frimpong, Mamardashvli Don’t know expect us to win league with these players. Van Dijk will probably leave the club given how our recruitment team has fd up. No wingers, Gakpo is not good and Salah is done. Ekitike, Isak, Wirtz, Sobo, Macca, Graverberch are only players that will last 5 plus years.
MW8 It's got to do with the tactics. No idea why Macca has been placed next to De Ligt and not in the middle as a passing option. Slot has got it wrong tactically in the past few games.

Methodology

Sources. Reddit, X/Twitter and YouTube fan posts scraped per LIV fixture. After spam filtering, every post is run through the project's narrator pipeline: sentence-level sentiment + entity attribution + emotion + sarcasm + toxicity + Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis. The narrator output (narrated.json) is what this report consumes; cluster-level outputs (narratives.json) provide the season-narrative cards.

fAr (Fan Approval Rating). Sentence-sentiment normalised to a 0–10 scale: fAr = (sentiment + 1) × 5, weighted by classifier confidence so low-confidence sentiment pulls toward neutral. Per-entity fAr is computed by the upstream tagger and surfaced via entity_summary.players[].avg_far. Labels: Crisis (<2) · Under Fire (<4) · Mixed (<6) · Favoured (<8) · Hero (≥8).

Slot pressure. Five-component formula: fAr score (20%), trend (20%), explicit "out" signal ratio (25%), sentiment negativity ratio (25%), volume confidence (10%). The Pressure Index is a separate aggregation: (out_ratio + sentiment_negativity_ratio) / 2 with an agreement boost when both are high. Risk band: safe → watch → pressure → danger → critical.

LIV-fan voice filter. Where we attribute opinion ("LIV fans want to keep / sell / sign X"), we restrict to authors the post-subjectivity classifier flags as in_group_team == "LIV". Allegiance tagging started at MW10, so MW1–MW9 are excluded from those metrics. Entity-level fAr is unaffected — that comes from the per-entity tagger output regardless of author allegiance.

Buy / sell / keep intent. Proximity-bound regex on the cleaned post text — keep / sell verbs within 60 chars of a player's name, with a tighter 18-char window for ambiguous "we need / we want" phrases plus a negative-qualifier filter (kills metaphor like "we need a leader figure" and rhetorical questions). Buy targets exclude any player tagged team == "LIV" at post time, so already-signed names (Wirtz, Frimpong, Kerkez, Ekitike, Isak) appear in the squad table, not the targets list.

Tagger collisions. "Dom" sometimes matches Dominic Solanke (TOT) when LIV fans mean Dominik Szoboszlai. "Edwards" matches Marcus Edwards (BUR) when fans mean LFC sporting director Richard Edwards. Both are surfaced with the tagged-team chip and a footnote rather than silently filtered.